SCHOOL pupils who designed their own racing cars will have the opportunity to race them at Bangor University tomorrow.

Schools across the region compete in the F1 in Schools Team Challenge Competition for places in the final stages in Birmingham next month.

The annual competition is hosted by the university’s school of education. The design and technology unit manufactures each car to its team’s specifications, then returns them to the school for completion.

Organiser, John Hughes said: “Each team has an opportunity to race their CO2 powered car along a timed course, with the cars racing at blink-and-you-miss-it speeds. It’s not just the cars that are miniature, each team is a smaller-scale F1 team, with team members being responsible for design and engineering, management, promotion and sponsorship.”

This year competitors will meet real-life F1 Team member Steve Nevey, business development manager of the Torrorroso and Red Bull Racing F1 teams.

Students will also hear how two pilots fromRAF Valley became pilots through engineering. This event represents the Dr Tom Parry Jones Annual Entrepreneurship Lecture.

Dr Parry Jones said: “The F1 Challenge and the post-racing event provide valuable opportunities to sample and learn about the real-world challenges and opportunities offered by engineering and entrepreneurship .”